A Comparative Study of Syntactic Structures Between English and Burmese

The objectives of this thesis were 1) to study sentences in Burmese language; 2) to study sentences in English Language; and 3) to compare Burmese sentences and English sentences. This thesis was to provide a description of usages of the English sentences and Burmese sentences. This study was conducted to examine whether there are sentences, this thesis also dealed with the functions of the sentence pattern, prefixes and suffixes, sentences in English and Burmese languages according to
their semantic functions.

A comparative study of sentence differences in English and Burmese languages showed that the results of the studies regarding verb to be, verb to have, verb to do etc. In order to investigate this, the result of the analysis showed similarities and differences between the two languages in their use of verb usage. It was designed not only for foreign learners who wish to learn Burmese language but for those who want to increase their capabilities in English.